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jacobgoldyesterday at 6:18 PM3 repliesview on HN

That seems unlikely. Just imagine humanity 100, 1000, and 1,000,000 years from now. Humans will have solved every physical problem that is solvable.

Humans will have also evolved into new kinds of immortal/superintelligent beings that would be totally unrecognizable to us.

It may be the case once a civilization reaches "max level" they universally decide to "reset the game" because there's nothing left to do. Maybe self-destruction or maybe they "spawn" a new universe. The possibilities are wild.


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nkriscyesterday at 6:23 PM

Why do you think that? Life on Earth has been around for billions of years and and yet we have no immortal beings nor all problems in physics solved.

There’s no reason beyond wishful thinking to believe any of that is true.

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pigpopyesterday at 11:03 PM

No cohesive civilization on earth has been able to continue uninterrupted for 1000 years, our chances aren't as good as you think they are especially since our current civilization is showing all of the signs of being over the hill and accelerating in its decline. Technological advances can be lost and the capacity of a civilization to accomplish far reaching goals can stall and degrade and eventually cease all together. Anyone who doesn't think we're on a ticking clock is either hopelessly optimistic or ignorant of history, probably both.

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sfn42yesterday at 7:51 PM

I imagine that 100 years from now(or significantly less than that) the ocean water level will be several meters higher, large parts of the world will be unliveable due to heat waves and wars will be fought over food and water. I doubt our species will last another 1000.

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